A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
Born:
January 17, 1916
Died:
March 27, 1987
William Bowers (Las Cruces, 1916 - Woodland Hills, California, 1987) was a reporter in Long Beach, California before becoming a screenwriter and specializing in writing comedy westerns and also turned out several thrillers. His first credited screenplay was My Favorite Spy in 1942. His career noticeably picked up after his Oscar nomination for the gritty Gregory Peck Western The Gunfighter in 1950, leading to such assignments as the remake of My Man Godfrey in 1957 and The Sheepman in 1958 (a second Oscar nomination). Bowers produced the last film that he wrote, the superior Western parody Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969). He also had a bit part as an actor in The Godfather Part II (1974).
Producer:
1969 Support Your Local Sheriff!
1975 Mobile Two
Screenplay:
1942 Seven Days' Leave
1945 Sing Your Way Home
1946 Night and Day
1947 Something in the Wind
1947 The Web
1948 Black Bart
1948 Larceny
1948 Pitfall
1948 River Lady
1949 The Gal Who Took the West
1950 Convicted
1950 Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950 The Gunfighter
1951 Cry Danger
1951 The Mob
1952 Assignment: Paris
1953 Split Second
1954 She Couldn't Say No
1955 5 Against the House
1955 Tight Spot
1956 The Best Things in Life Are Free
1957 My Man Godfrey
1958 Imitation General
1958 The Law and Jake Wade
1958 The Sheepman
1961 The Last Time I Saw Archie
1964 Advance to the Rear
1967 The Ride to Hangman's Tree
1969 Support Your Local Sheriff!
1975 Mobile Two
Sound Recordist:
1942 Seven Days' Leave
1945 Sing Your Way Home
1946 Night and Day
1947 Something in the Wind
1947 The Web
1948 Black Bart
1948 Larceny
1948 Pitfall
1948 River Lady
1949 The Gal Who Took the West
1950 Convicted
1950 Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950 The Gunfighter
1951 Cry Danger
1951 The Mob
1952 Assignment: Paris
1953 Split Second
1954 She Couldn't Say No
1955 5 Against the House
1955 Tight Spot
1956 The Best Things in Life Are Free
1957 My Man Godfrey
1958 Imitation General
1958 The Law and Jake Wade
1958 The Sheepman
1961 The Last Time I Saw Archie
1964 Advance to the Rear
1967 The Ride to Hangman's Tree
1969 Support Your Local Sheriff!
1975 Mobile Two
2023 Goodnight, August
Story:
1942 Seven Days' Leave
1943 The Adventures of a Rookie
1945 Sing Your Way Home
1946 Night and Day
1946 The Fabulous Suzanne
1946 The Notorious Lone Wolf
1947 Ladies' Man
1947 Something in the Wind
1947 The Web
1947 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1948 Black Bart
1948 Jungle Patrol
1948 Larceny
1948 Pitfall
1948 River Lady
1949 The Gal Who Took the West
1950 Convicted
1950 Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950 The Gunfighter
1951 Cry Danger
1951 The Mob
1952 Assignment: Paris
1953 Split Second
1954 She Couldn't Say No
1955 5 Against the House
1955 Tight Spot
1956 The Best Things in Life Are Free
1957 My Man Godfrey
1958 Imitation General
1958 The Law and Jake Wade
1958 The Sheepman
1961 The Last Time I Saw Archie
1964 Advance to the Rear
1967 The Ride to Hangman's Tree
1969 Support Your Local Sheriff!
1975 Mobile Two
2023 Goodnight, August
Teleplay:
1942 Seven Days' Leave
1943 The Adventures of a Rookie
1945 Sing Your Way Home
1946 Night and Day
1946 The Fabulous Suzanne
1946 The Notorious Lone Wolf
1947 Ladies' Man
1947 Something in the Wind
1947 The Web
1947 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1948 Black Bart
1948 Jungle Patrol
1948 Larceny
1948 Pitfall
1948 River Lady
1949 The Gal Who Took the West
1950 Convicted
1950 Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950 The Gunfighter
1951 Cry Danger
1951 The Mob
1952 Assignment: Paris
1953 Split Second
1954 She Couldn't Say No
1955 5 Against the House
1955 Tight Spot
1956 The Best Things in Life Are Free
1957 My Man Godfrey
1958 Imitation General
1958 The Law and Jake Wade
1958 The Sheepman
1961 The Last Time I Saw Archie
1964 Advance to the Rear
1967 The Ride to Hangman's Tree
1969 Support Your Local Sheriff!
1974 The Gun and the Pulpit
1975 Mobile Two
1980 More Wild Wild West
2023 Goodnight, August
Writer:
1942 Seven Days' Leave
1943 The Adventures of a Rookie
1945 Sing Your Way Home
1946 Night and Day
1946 The Fabulous Suzanne
1946 The Notorious Lone Wolf
1947 Ladies' Man
1947 Something in the Wind
1947 The Web
1947 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1948 Black Bart
1948 Jungle Patrol
1948 Larceny
1948 Pitfall
1948 River Lady
1948 The Countess of Monte Cristo
1949 Criss Cross
1949 The Gal Who Took the West
1950 Convicted
1950 Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950 The Gunfighter
1951 Cry Danger
1951 The Mob
1952 Assignment: Paris
1952 The San Francisco Story
1953 Split Second
1954 She Couldn't Say No
1955 5 Against the House
1955 Tight Spot
1956 The Best Things in Life Are Free
1957 My Man Godfrey
1958 Imitation General
1958 The Law and Jake Wade
1958 The Sheepman
1959 -30-
1959 Alias Jesse James
1961 The Last Time I Saw Archie
1964 Advance to the Rear
1966 Way... Way Out
1967 The Ride to Hangman's Tree
1969 Support Your Local Sheriff!
1974 Sidekicks
1974 The Gun and the Pulpit
1975 Mobile Two
1978 Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1979 The Wild Wild West Revisited
1980 More Wild Wild West
2023 Goodnight, August
Writer:
1952 Four Star Playhouse
1953 General Electric Theater
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